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Spain's Alberto Contador says he has been given assurances from his Astana team that he will remain team leader even if Lance Armstrong returns to the outfit.
The seven-times Tour de France winning American announced his shock return to competition earlier this month and the Kazakh team has confirmed that he will hook up with them for several races.
Contador, who won the Tour de France in 2007, is the current team leader at Astana and he has given conflicting reactions to Armstrong's decision.
"The team have given me assurances that I will be the leader, but I want to be doubly sure," Marca sports daily quoted him as saying. "I want to see exactly how this is going to pan out."
"If I am not satisfied with the way it is going, then I will leave."
Armstrong has said he will contest the 2009 Tour de France which the Astana team and Contador missed last year as they were not invited by the tour organisers.
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Contador threatens to leave Astana team
IF Alberto does this it reflects his immaturity and ungratefulness. IF not for Lance Armstrong, Alberto would not have been signed at Discovery and would not have had the support team to get him his major wins... his EGO is too big. He bad mouthed Levi also in the Spanish media, I predict his popularity (at least in the US) will descend like a ride down Mount Ventoux for abandoning LA... if he leaves he will experience Cadel Evans frustration unless he goes to CSC. Primadona attitude. If he supported LA he would gain in popularity and could still win multiple grand tours with a strong team pulling him afterwards. Just my opinion, but his attitude is junk...